Cruisers Report
Dodging Lobster Pots and Aquaculture Pens across the Great Australian Bight
Continuing their journey around the south of Australia, Canadian cruisers Brent Crack and Mary Bevan day-hopped from Adelaide to Port Lincoln before taking on the Great Australian Bight, a route not often attempted by cruising sailors. Their latest report contains some great tips for sailing this southern coastline including how to dodge lobster pots and aquaculture pens.
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Pacific Hurricane Season 2024: Planning Ahead for Hurricane Holes
With the 2024 eastern Pacific hurricane season approaching, cruisers in that part of the world are starting to discuss their strategies and potential hurricane holes for shelter, should storms strike regions where they are sailing. This report has been shared by the Panama Posse.
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Portrait of a Cruiser: Circumnavigator Tony Foulkes
New Zealand sailor Tony Foulkes has found his cruising equilibrium, spending six months in the Mediterranean and six months in New Zealand each year. However, it was a circumnavigation that laid the groundwork for his current cruising choices, as he recounts in his cruiser portrait for Noonsite.
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Atlantic Iberian Peninsula [“Orca Alley”]: Passage Planning Part 3
Noonsite continues to collaborate with the CA on this series of articles which started in January guiding skippers on how to best-prepare for a passage around the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula (“Orca Alley”). Part 3 covers how to deal with an orca encounter at sea.
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European Union: Survey to Study Potential for EU-wide Boating Licenses
The European Union has commissioned a study to analyse the advantages of recognising boater licenses EU-wide in a effort to understand the benefits and challenges of such a recognition system and its potential implementation. There is a General Public Survey which aims to gather views on the current regime and experiences regarding skipper’s licence/qualification for recreational boaters.
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Comment on Papua New Guinea
We checked out of PNG in Vanimo in July 2023 Greg Piawe at customs was extremely helpful … piaweg@customs...
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INSIGHTS: Feeding a Family on Board
In the three years that Sarah Powell has been a live-aboard cruiser, the topic of food and feeding a cruising family always is always up for discussion when meeting other cruising families. In this INSIGHTS article for Noonsite, Sarah shares her ideas on how to feed an energetic and lively cruising family.
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St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Union Island: Dinghy Theft Leads to Extortion
Charter cruisers who were spending the night in Clifton Harbour on Union Island in St. Vincent and the Grenadines found themselves having to pay a large fee to the finder of their dinghy which had had been tied to the stern of their vessel.
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